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Sixteen destroyers have served, or currently serve, in the Indian Navy. Currently the navy operates 10 guided-missile destroyers from the Kolkata, Delhi, and Rajput classes. Six other destroyers (three each from the R and Hunt classes) have been decommissioned and scrapped. The R-class INS Ranjit was the first destroyer commissioned in the Indian Navy. Two more R-class ships were later commissioned. Three Hunt-class destroyers were commissioned in 1953 to succeed the R-class destroyers. These ships were decommissioned by 1976, with the Hunt-class INS Godavari the last. During the 1980s, India signed an agreement with the Soviet Union for five guided-missile destroyers, built under the Rajput class. The first ship (INS Rajput) of the class was commissioned on 30 September 1980. All five Rajput-class ships are still in active service. The Rajput class was succeeded by the Delhi class of three ships. The Delhi-class destroyers were succeeded by the Kolkata class in 2014. The three Kolkata-class ships have been commissioned in 2014–2015, with INS Chennai being the last. An improvement of the Kolkata-class, INS Visakhapatnam (part of the Visakhapatnam class), was introduced in April 2015 and will reportedly be commissioned by the end of 2018. Three more vessels are planned as part of the Visakhapatnam class. (Full list...)